Combined saw jointer and gauge



G. ANDERSON 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 v Filed Feb. 2,

COMBINED SAW JOINTER AND GAUGE Jan. 29 1924.

IASLSS G. ANDERSON COMBINED sAw JOINTER AND GAUGE 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Feb. 2

ATTUR/VEYS Patented dan. 29, QZL,

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GUSTF ANDERSON, OF ATLIN, BRITISH-GOLUMBIA, CANADA.

COIMBIND SAW JOINTEE ID GAUGE.

Application filed February 2,` 1922. Serial No. 533,635. f

To all whom t may concern.' v

lie it known that l, Goslar ANDERSON. a citizen ot the United States, and a resident ot ilitlin. British Columbia, Dominion Canada, have made certainncv.'v and useful Improvements in CombinedL SaivJointers and Gauges, of: which the itollowing is av specification.

My present invention relates to saw fitting devices and to certain improvements in connection withpatents previously granted to me7 and more particularly to improvements 1n connection with saw fitting devices ot the nature described and claimed in my'V .3 5 L April 20, 1920.

The primary object of my present invention is to provide a tool ot this character with a 'pair of resilient iiling gauge members. each having a horizontal body portion and an inclined gagingV portion, and so located, that ya raker tooth swaging gauge member may be located for effective use betw-en the iiling gauge members without interfering therewith.

pendino` applicationl Serial No. 3755234-, tiled A further object is to provide accurate and convenient clamping and"adjusting means properly located to prevent lateral yielding, or tilting, of the resilient tiling gauge members, when a tile is brought to bear thereon, at the time the raker teeth of l a saw are being filed, so that the tooth points will have a true clearing-cdge and will all be ot a length corresponding'with the ad- Vjusted position ot the members. f

A further object is to provide a raker tooth s'waging gauge with a permanent gaging range equal to the various variations between the minimum and maximum adjustments required tor different kinds of timber and suitable means for preventing accidental shitting ofv the gaging member. A still'further object is to provide a tullv adjustable file bedj WhQTQbY the me :in itistlatwise positiom tor side dressing saws. may not only be adjusted with respect to its angle, but may also be adjusted laterally trom the opposite side of the tool.

A still further object lies in the construc-V tion, whereby the runner plates of a saw jointer supportl can be adjusted either up or down by the manipulation ot al single nut, and inthe provisionot means tor lockingthe nut for holding the adjustment.

ln the accompanying drawings, illustrat-v ing inypresent invention and forming ar partot' this specication,

Figure `1`is a side elevation of the completek tool showing `the tile in its liatwise position, and portions of a. saw in dotted lines,

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the tool removed, i

Figure 3V is an elevation of the reverse side with 'the saw jointer support detached,

Figure 4 is a top plan view of the main' tool as shown in Figure 3,

Figures 5 and 6 are vertical transverse sections taken respectively on the lines 5-5 and 6 6 or" Figure 1,

F igu're 7 is a partial vertical longitudinal section through the jointer support taken on the line 7 7 of Figure 2, y

Figure 8 is a similar view through the upper portion or" the main tooltake'n on the line 8-78 of Figure 2,`

-Figure 9 is a vertical transverse section on the line 9-9 of Figure 3. y y

Referring now tor these figures, and more particularly to Figures l, 3, 4A and 8, it will be seen that the trame 10,` closelyre sembles that of m nendinoa plication y L .e

Serial No. 875,234: above referred to, having on its opposite sides longitudinal fianges 11 and 12 to forni parallel saw engaging planes. and an additional flange 13, as an upward continuation ot thesaw engaging plane on one side 'ot' the trame? against which a lemay be clalnpeo trom beneath the last inentioned flange.

The flange 18 is'ot considerable thickness i and the' top central portion ot/the flange has beenpartially cut away', to yterm two separate recesses and 14n-and a central boss 15 v(see Figure 3) for a purpose to be described presently. The end portions of this flange are similarly cut away for the purpose of lightness and torreducing the `area of top surface to be machined whereby a series of bosses 16. 16"- and 17 are let't to carry cap plates 18 similar to those in my application above reierrcd to. All of the bosses, including the Yboss 15 are machinedl to form a straight top surface plane'at right angles with the side planes of the frame 10.

The cap plates 18 are clamped to the bosses 16, 16a and 17 by screws 19, 19a and 20. The screw 19?, intermediate the ends ot each cap plate, is' preferably a thumb screw as shown for the purpose of speedily attaching and detaching a saw jointer support to be described presently.

Upon a further inspection of these figures, it will be seen vthat a raker tooth filing gauge me-mber 21 is carried by the inner end of each cap plate 18. These gaging members are each provided with a highly tempered inclined file `guiding top surface upon a portion 22 thereof inclining into one of the' aforesaid recesses 14 and 14arat one kside of the boss 15, and each member has a slot 23 in its body portion by which it is firmly clamped to the tooljoint y with one of the cap plates by the screws 20. It is understood that the temper has been drawn from this body portion to permit the members being flexed suiciently to meet the requirements, which all rome within the range of from 0.015 to 0.025 or 0.030 of an inch; that is to say, a tool of this character may be permanently adjusted to cause the raker teeth to be a 1/64 of an inch shorter tha-n the cutting teeth of a saw for hard wood, and the further reduction in the length of the raker teeth, up to the maximum variation of 0.025V of an inch, varies with the different kinds of timber and conditions, as well as with the idea of the person using the saw. rIhus the variation between the minimum and maximum adjustments becomes the gaging range, which may be divided up, as the thickness of a layer of a certain number of sheets of tissue paper. These requirements are Well known among users of cross cut saws and would not need to be described in detail, were it not thatI desire to point out to manufacturers and to persons inexperienced in the use of cross cut saws, the necessity of rigidity and accuracy in tools of this kind, so as to enable them to fullyV appreciate the importanceof my present improvements, Yparticularly in connection with the elements pertaining to fitting` the raker teeth of saws.

With reference to the filing gauge members 21 hereinbefore partially des ribed, it will be seen upon a further inspection of Figure 4, that the tiling surface portions 22 of the members have extensions 22aL prol ,jecting laterally beyond one side of the frame 10, Each of these extensions has a saw tooth receiving recess opening inwardly toward one another and a transverse tooth stop 24 at the terminal of the rer-ess. Each kfiling member 21 also has an opening through its file guiding surface 22 and an adjustingscrew 25 having threaded engagement with the flange 13 at right angles with the inclined portion of the filing gauge member 21. The openings in the lingvsurface portions are provided with countersunk recesses to receive the heads of the adjusting screws 25.

It is to be noted, that by reason of the ling gauge members 21 being firmly length of the tooth points, as the pressure of the file during the filing operation will not cause the gaging` members to yield or tilt laterally.

I also provide graduated guide marks 26 directly on the filing surface 22 around the adjusting screws 25, and an indicator mark 27 sunk into the screw-heads to cooperate with `the marks on the filing surface. as plainly seen in Figure 4. The marks on the tilingsurface are so located as to represent eighths and quarter turns of the screws.

It is to be noted that these guide marks 26 and 27 will permit a free and unobstructed passage of a file thereover, and the filing gauge members 21 being at all times kept at high tension will respond readily to the slightest turn of the adjusting screws 25, irrespective of whether the threads of these screws fit loose or tight in the frame. I therefore consider the graduated guide marks in their presentform'and location an important feature in connection with my present improvements for accurately determining the adjustment of the filing gauge members 21.

It is to be noted further, that these filing gauge members 21, are each tiltable over the inner end portion of each cap plate 18, into the respect-ive recesses 14 and 14a, by the manipulation of the two screws 20 and 25, so that the said gauge members may be fully adjusted irrespective of their flexibility. This tiltable feature, howeverA` is not essential, unless the Hexibility of the aforesaid gauge members should be insufficient to meet the requirement.

In reference to the minimum permanent adjustment of the gauge members hereinbefore referred to. The tooth stops 24 seen in Figure 4 are so located` and the inclined angle of these members being such (see Figure 8), as to leave the filing surface of each lmember at the point of the tooth stops approximately 0.015 of an inch below the line of the under surface of the cap plates 18 when the body of the members lies flat on the top surface thereof. Therefore the Hexing of these members may be limited to the range of variations required between the minimum and maximum adjustments only.

This slight requirement enables the body of the members beingfirmly clamped in position without fear of overtaxing their ilexibility whenthey are being readjusted by the manipulation of the adjusting screws 25.

Referring now to the opposite side of the tool from that 'ust dessfrifed. I rovide a .l l P (itl then clamped to the cap plates 1S by the thun b screw 191L as in Figure 1,and the runner plates 56 adjusted to carry the file at a desired elevation either for maintaining an even curvature ot the saw, or tor side dressing the saw teeth to even up their set, as may be readily understood by the inspection ol Figures 1 and 5. A slight turn ot the thumb screw 59 releases the nut 54 to facilitate the adjustment ot the runner plates 56, and the thumb screw 59 turned so that it will bear against the adjusting nut 54 tor locking the adjustment, sov that the saw jointei support may be laid aside and used on saws having the same curvature without changing` the adjustment.

In using the swage gauge. it will be understood that when the tool is placed on the saw teeth with the gauge plate out ot registry with the two points ot a raler tooth and the highest side of the plate catches against the side of the tooth points when sliding the tool lengthwise the saw, it is manifest that the variation in the length of the raker tooth point, with respect to the length ot the cutting teeth, is less than the thickness of the washers or shims 28 employed between the cap plates 18 and the series ot bosses 16n and 17, and that a greater variation or reduction in length offV the tooth point ot 0.002 oi an inch is being had for every 1/16 of an inch the tool is moved lengthwise the saw, when the gauge plate and the cap plates contact respectively with the raker and cutter points of the saw without rocking o1c the tool. The gauge plate 29 may be adjusted in a horizontally transverse position to permit its gaging end to project flush with the outer side of the saw, whereby the point of contact with the tooth points can be determined by the person fitting the saw, in a natural position so that he will not need to stoop to a level of the gauge to view the teeth points.

As a gauge for adjusting the filing gauge members 21 the swaging gauge plate 29 in its present orincomes in very hand for by it the length of a tooth point can a ways bev reliably determined to a fraction of a 0.001 part of an inch, and a tooth point may be fitted to any desired length, whereby the adjustment of the filing gauge members 21 may be made to correspond, by reversing the tool and turning the adjusting screws one direction or another until the toot-h point is flush with the filing surface 22 at the point oit the tooth stop 24e and testing it with `tile. Should it be found that the flexibility ot the members 21 is insufficient to permit a full adjustment in the position Y they are being clamped to the cap plates 18, a slight retraction ot the clamping screws 20 will produce the desired effect. Strips ot paper may also be inserted between the filing gauge members 21 and the cap plates 18, either in vfront or behind the clamping screws 20 'l'or adjusting` the resiliency of the plate members 21, so that the adjusting screws 25 will at all timesdraw, or bear, hard against the plate members.

1t is to be noted, that in mv device of the present construction, the swaging gauge member does not prevent the simultaneous use or" both of the filing gauge members 2.1, so that when lead in a saw is required, as is usually the case, particularly -for the ielling of large timber, one ot the members can be adjusted tor fitting the raker points that lead and the other member tor fitting the raker points that Vfollow in the outward. stroke of the saw, whereby the points that lead from the middle ci the saw to its ends, are being left longer than those points that lead trom the ends to the middle ot the saw.

lt is oi` course understood, that when there is a difference in the adjustment oit thefiling gauge members, the tool should be reversed, end for end, and placed on opposite sides of the saw from the center thereof. Should it, however, be desired to avoid the necessity of reversing the tool, the gaging surfaces of the members 21 may be adjusted exactly alike and their respective tooth` stops 24 held slightly away from the teeth points that are to be the shortest, when their excessive length which projects above the ygaging surfaces is being filed ott'. lt being understood nevertheless that the Ovagine.

3 1D b 2D surfaces are being inclined chiefly for the purpose, and at a proper angle, to provide clearance to the raker teeth points, so that they may all be sharpened simultaneously as their length is being gaged.

From the 'foregoing specification it willy readily be understood, that the most accurate and' convenient means is provided for vertically adjusting the swaging gauge and the filing gauge members, together with the tully adjustable file bed tor the side jointer, and the changes made in the jointer attachment with respect to the adjustment and arrangement ofi the runner plates, which, taken together will make this a most perfeet tool.

l claim:

1. A saw fitting tool including a frame, a jointer support connected to ithe trame in parallel relation thereabove having heads at its opposite ends, runner plates having threaded stems shiftable through the said heads, an adjusting nut confined in each of the heads between vertically spaced portions thereof and ei'igaging the said stems of the runner plates, and means to secure, the stems in adjusted position, said means being carried by the heads and engaging the said adjusting nuts.

2. AV saw fitting tool including a trame,

a jointer support` connected to the frame in y parallel relation thereabove havin@ heads 4. D

at its opposite ends, runner plates having threaded stems shiftable through the said heads, an adjusting nut'conined in each of the heads between vertically spaced portions thereof andlengaging the said stems of the runner plates, and means to secure the stems in adjusted position, said means consist-ing of thumb screws threaded through the heads and engage'able with 'the peripheries of the adjusting nuts;

3. A saw fitting tool including a frame having a le bearing face at one side, tile clamping means, and file engaging screws threaded therethrough in vertically spaced relation in pairs adjacent to relatively opposite ends of the saw bearing face and adjustable from the opposite side ofthe tool to control 'the vertical inclination of a iile vwhile the latter is held by the said clamping means.

Ll. A saw iitting tool having a swaging gauge seat thereon intermediate its ends. a swaging gauge seated on said seat, consisting of a flat plate Aprojecting at one end beyond one side of the 'frame and provided at said projecting` end with a iower swage ing surface slightly inclined at a predeter-k mined degree of angle as and for the purpose described.

5. A saw fittingtool comprising a frame having an npperswaging gauge seat intermediate its ends, a slotted'swaging A.gauge member on said seat transversely of the tool and projecting th'erebeyond at one side, a clamping screw through the slot of said member and threaded into the seat, said member and its said Vseat having coacting means to` prevent rotation of the. member.

6. A saw `fitting tool comprising a frame having an upper swaging gauge seat intermediate its ends, 'a slottedswaging gauge member on said seat projecting therebeyond at one side, a clamping screw through the slot of said member and threaded into the seat. said member having a depending lug and said seat having a groove into which the lug extends whereby to prevent rotation of the member on its seat.

7. A saw fitting tool including a frame, a swaging gauge member disposed transversely of the upper edge of the frame intermediate its ends, and filing guide members having portions inclined downwardly toward opposite sides of said swaging gauge member and with which the latterl cooperates for arriving at a selected predetermined adjustment of the filing guide members, and for guiding the edge of a iile at both sides of the swaging gauge member.

8, A saw litting tool having an upper swaging gauge seat and recesses at opposite sides of said seat, a swaging gauge member secured on the seat, and filing guide members secured at opposite sides of the seat having inner inclined portions adjustably yieldable into the said recesses and coactingwith ther sides of said swaging gauge member.

9. A saw fitting tool including a fra-me having upper spaced recesses, tiling guide members secured at their outerportions to the frame and having inner incl-ined portions adjustably yieidable into the said recesses, and means working through the said inclined portions and into the frame, to adjust the former within the recesses.

i0. A saw fitting tool including a frame having upper spaced recesses, filing guide members secured at their outer portions to the frame andhaving inner inclined portions adjustably yieldable into the said recesses,

and screw adjusting members er1-tending through said inclined portions and threaded at approximately right angles thereto into the frame.

ll. in a saw fitting tool, a transversely outstanding swaging gauge having a lower inclined gaging surface, and provided with rule mark graduations thereabove yandalong the outer edge thereof, as and for the `purpose described.

`l2. Ina saw fitting tool, iiling gaugemembers having' depressed graduated Iguide marks directly on their iiling surface around a counter-sunlr-recess therein, yan yadjusting screw having a head lying in said recess, provided with'a similar mark cooperating with the marks on the fiiingsurface, and denoting the vertical adjusted position of said gauge members, the parts forming a' free and unobstructed passage "for a file over said graduation marks, as described.

Y13. In a sawy fitting tool, having spaced apart cap plates, filing gauge members adjustably carried by the cap plates and tilt- Vable over the inner endportions of the cap plates as and for the purpose described.

14. In a saw fitting tool including a frame having a pair offlaterally projecting cap plates adapted to rest on the cutting teeth points of a sawand mounted :on 'said frame in longitudinallyt spaced 'relation to form a gap intermediate their adjacent ends, an adjustably tiltable and yieldable raker teeth filing-gauge member carried by said cap plates, said gauge member having a downwardly inclined iile guiding and gaging surface portion projecting from above said cap plate into a recess in the frame withiny said gap, whereby to simultaneously gauge the length and provide clearance to they raker teeth points of a saw.

' l5. In a saw fitting tool including a frame having a pair of laterally projecting cap plates adapted to rest on the cutting teeth points of a saw and mounted on said frame in longitudinally spaced relation to form a gap intermediate their adjacent ends, an adjustably tiltable and yieldable raker teeth filing gauge member carried by said cap plates, saidv gauge member having a downwardly inclined file-guiding` anc gagging sur face portion projecting froi'ii above the cap plates into a recess in the frame within said Igap, and provided with a ralrer tooth receiving recess therein, of which transrf'erse edge at the terminal of the recess intersects with the inclined gaging surface at a point approximately in line with, or slightly below the line of the under surface of said cap plates, to form the gagging peint of said inclined gagging surface, for engagementwith the transverse side edges of the raler teeth points of a saw, and means for varying the vertical adjustment of said gagging surface with relation to the under surface of said cap plates. n

16. ln a saw fitting tool including a frame having a. pair of laterally projecting cap plates adapted to rest on the cutting teeth points of a saw and mounted on said frame in longitudinally spaced relation to form a `:gap intermediate. their adjacent ends, a pair of adjustably tiltable and yieldable raker teeth filing-gauge members carried by the inner ends of said cap plates, said gauge members havingV each a downwardly and in wardly inclined tile guiding and fgaging` surface portion projecting from above theV cap plates into a recess in the frame within said gap, and provided with raker teeth receiving recesses opening inwardly and eX- tcnding lonoitudinally'outward away from one another to where their transverse edge at the terminals of the recesses intersects with the inclined gaging surface of 'said members at a point, approximately in line with, or slightly below the l-ine of the under surface of said cap plates, and means for varying the vertical adjustment of said @aging surfaces independently of each other with relation to the under surface of said cap plates.

17. ln a saw iitting tool including,- a. frame having` a pair of laterally projecting cap plates adapted to rest on the cutting teeth point-s of a saw and mounted on said frame in longitudinally spaced relation to form a gap intermediate their adjacen ends, a pair of adjustably tiltable and yieldable raker Vteeth filinggauge members carried by the inner ends of said cap plates, said gauge members having each a downwardlyv and inwardly inclined file 'guiding and gaging surface portion projecting` from above the cap plates into a recess in the frame within said gap, and provided with recesses therein for reception of the` raker teeth of a saw, and screw adjustingmembers working through the opposite end portions of each tiling: gauge member into the frame, within the gap and through the cap plates, respectively, for vertically adjusting and clamping in position each of said gauge members lindependently of each other, with relation to their gaging surfaces andthe under surface of said cap plates. j

i8. A saw fittingtool including a frame having a pair of laterally projecting,- cap plates adapted to rest on the cutting teeth of a saw and mounted on said frame in long'itudinally spaced relation to form a grapl i intermediate its adjacent ends, said frame having a s waging gauge seat in said y'gap and a swaging gauge member secured thereto projecting laterally at one side, said member havingr a lower swage gaging surface Slightly inclined at a predetermined degree of angle and provided with rule mark graduations therealong, for denoting the unequal vertical variation between the horizontal line yof said cap plates and the subjacent inclined line of said swaging gauge surface opposite each of said graduations, by which to detect, and to selectively determine, corresponding` variations in the length of raker teeth with relation to the length of cutting' teeth of saws, as described.

GUSTAF ANDERSON. Vitnesses Lors B. GREENE, E. F. GREENE. 

